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A review by amberleila
Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted
Did not finish book.
1.0
TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE/ SEXUAL ABUSE
I’m sorry, I have to DNF this book for my mental health.
Spoilers ahead.
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Within the first few chapters of this book, the main character, Holly (who runs a dating agency) is raped by the man she asked to a business party. Through a series of roundabout occurrences and alcohol intake, they wind up back at her place, where he begins aggressively kissing her and making it known that sex is at the forefront of his mind.
All of her protests are ignored and he proceeds to rape her in the middle of her kitchen floor.
Pretty startling to the beginning of what you may think is a cute romance, right?
As we continue, all we see Holly do is pair off completely inappropriate couples in her dating service, and wallow in the losses of her ex-fiancé. (With whom, SHE ended the relationship, and whom SHE asked to move out.) She constantly mopes and reminisces about the incredible times she had during her engagement and how, seemingly, it was only petty, trivial things that lead to her calling it off.
Briefly, the characters are incredibly unloveable. Hell, they’re not even like-able, or even tolerable. They’re boring, whiny, and exceptionally stupid. I found myself dreading my reading sessions with this book, and so I can’t take in another moment with Holly or her rapist, or her ex.
I’m sorry, I have to DNF this book for my mental health.
Spoilers ahead.
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Within the first few chapters of this book, the main character, Holly (who runs a dating agency) is raped by the man she asked to a business party. Through a series of roundabout occurrences and alcohol intake, they wind up back at her place, where he begins aggressively kissing her and making it known that sex is at the forefront of his mind.
All of her protests are ignored and he proceeds to rape her in the middle of her kitchen floor.
Pretty startling to the beginning of what you may think is a cute romance, right?
As we continue, all we see Holly do is pair off completely inappropriate couples in her dating service, and wallow in the losses of her ex-fiancé. (With whom, SHE ended the relationship, and whom SHE asked to move out.) She constantly mopes and reminisces about the incredible times she had during her engagement and how, seemingly, it was only petty, trivial things that lead to her calling it off.
Briefly, the characters are incredibly unloveable. Hell, they’re not even like-able, or even tolerable. They’re boring, whiny, and exceptionally stupid. I found myself dreading my reading sessions with this book, and so I can’t take in another moment with Holly or her rapist, or her ex.